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Table 1 Sample effect size calculations for selected variables

From: Predictors of remission in depression to individual and combined treatments (PReDICT): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

  

Monotherapy treatment remission (n = 400)

Combination treatment remission (n = 240)

Variable of interest

Observed value in the population [mean (SD) or % positive]

Detectable difference*

Effect size (difference relative to variation)

Detectable difference*

Effect size (difference relative to variation)

Endpoint HDRS score

16.0 (4.9)

−1.9

0.39

−2.5

0.51

Serotonin transporter gene carriers (minor allele carriers/Caucasian)

59.9%

17%

0.31

22%

0.40

Elevated C-reactive protein (>0.22 mg/dl)

21%

13%

0.36

16%

0.48

fMRI brain score

44.1 (4.3)

1.7

0.40

2.2

0.51

Baseline Dex/CRH response (cortisol AUC, (ng*min)/mL)

2730.6 (266)

104.6

0.39

136.1

0.51

Interleukin-6 (pg/mL)

6.3 (1.4)

0.6

0.43

0.7

0.50